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Untervaz
Graubündenvillage
Untervaz
Total population
2,445
Demographic figures from Swiss Federal Statistical Office. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Untervaz is a municipality in the Landquart Region in the Swiss canton of the Grisons.
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History
Untervaz is first mentioned between 768 and 800 as Uaze. Between 801 and 850 it was mentioned as Vazes and between 1210 and 1300 it was called Vatz inferiore.
Geography
Untervaz has an area, , of . Of this area, 40% is used for agricultural purposes, while 46.9% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 4.8% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (8.2%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). Before 2017, the municipality was located in the Fünf Dörfer sub-district of the Landquart district, after 2017 it was part of the Landquart Region. It is on the eastern foot of the Calanda mountains and is in the Churer Rheintal (Chur branch of the Rhine valley).
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Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Earthquake history
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here


People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Graubünden
- Trimmis2.6 mi away · pop. 3,072
- Haldenstein3.5 mi away · pop. 1,163
- Seewis im Prättigau6.1 mi away · pop. 1,323
- Araschgen6.3 mi away
- Maladers6.5 mi away · pop. 506
- Calfreisen6.6 mi away · pop. 45
- Furna6.7 mi away · pop. 204
- Fläsch6.9 mi away · pop. 835
- Passugg6.9 mi away
- Castiel7 mi away · pop. 119
- Fanas7.3 mi away · pop. 377
- Ausserpraden7.4 mi away
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
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Public attention
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Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).
Events
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Official Identifiers
BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- BFS-Nr
- 3946
- Population (Wikidata)
- 2,517
- Wikidata
- Q69095
Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771
Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Elevation
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • BFS — Swiss Federal Statistical Office — Gemeindenummer via Wikidata P771